Research and Discussion Paper on a TJ Framework for Zimbabwe 4. The Main Pillars of Transitional Justice Different UN bodies, lessons learnt from past transitional justice processes and mechanisms, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and academia have contributed to the development of tools, which are accepted and widely used in transitional justice processes and mechanisms: • • The swisspeace Transitional Justice Framework, which will be used for analytical purposes of transitional justice processes The African Transitional Justice Framework, which is well-suited, and will be used, as a development tool for transitional justice measures. 4.1.The swisspeace Transitional Justice Framework According to swisspeace’ conceptual ltransitional justice framework20, which has summarized available fragmented frameworks for dealing with the past, there are basically four pillars: • • • • The right to know The right to justice The right to reparation and The guarantee of non-recurrence These 4 pillars are based on individual and collective rights and are the erga omnes obligation of a state to ensure them. The following graph illustrates swisspeace’s approach: 20 A conceptual framework for dealing with the past, holism in principle and practice, swisspeace; http://www.swisspeace.ch/topics/dealing-with-the-past/framework.html 12 DRAFT